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Romford 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

Published
1956
Pages
38
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
    TotalM.F.
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    TABLE 1 BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infections Diseases in the year 1955. England and Wales, and Romford. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
    RATE PER 1,000 POPULATIONAll CausesDEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATIONAcute Poliomyelitis and PolioencephalitisPneumoniaRATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
    Typhoid and Paratyphoid FeversWhooping CoughDiphtheriaTuberculosisInfluenzaSmall-pox(Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)Total Deaths under 1 year
    Live BirthsStill Births
  • Page 11
    TABLE 2.
    Causes of DeathAll AgesDeaths at the subjoined ages of Residents, after correction for Inward and Outward transfers
    M.FTotalUnder 112-45-1415- 2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 & upwards
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    TABLE 3
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    TABLE 4
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    Table 5 gives a summary of the "Medical Aid" notices received during the year. TABLE 5
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    TABLE 6
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    TABLE 7
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    TABLE 8
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    TABLE 9 (a) Numbers provided with Dental care:—
    ExaminedNeeding Treatment.Treated.Made Dentally Fit.
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    TABLE 10
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    TABLE 11
    1. Inspections. Premises.Number on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
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    2. Cases in which Defects were Found. Particulars.
    No. of Cases in which defects were found.No. of Cases in which prosecutions instituted.
    Found.Remedied,Referred
    to H.M. Inspector.by H.M. Inspector.
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    Outwork.
    Nature of WorkNo. of Out-Workers in August ListNo. of Cases of default in sending ListNo. of Prosecutions for failure to supply ListsNo. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome PremisesNotices ServedProsecu tions
  • Page 21
    TABLE 12. CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED. 1955
    Cattle except Cows.Cows.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.Horses.Total.
  • Page 23
    The following cases were taken under Byelaw 9 of the Clean Food Bvelaws :—
    OffenceResult
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    TABLE 13 Summary of Samples taken for Analysis during the Year 1954
    Number examinedResult of Analysis
    FormalInformalTotalGenuineNot Genuine
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    TABLE 13—continued
    Number examinedResult of Analysis
    FormalInformalTotalGenuineNot Genuine
  • Page 26
    The Council authorised the following cases to be taken before the Magistrates Court in respect of contraventions under the Shops Act, 1950:—
    OffenceSectionResult
  • Page 27
    Legal Proceedings.
    OffenceSectionResult
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    4.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR, 1955 TABLE 14
    Number of houses erected during the year—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE 15
    Under 5 yrs.5-15 yrs
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    TABLE 16
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    Table 17 gives the statistics relative to Vaccination, as recorded by the General Practitioners. TABLE 17
    Vaccinated:
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    TABLE 18
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    TABLE 19
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    TABLE 20 MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    MonthScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverPuerperal PyrexiaPneumoniaDysenteryEncephalitis Acute InfectiveErysipelasMalaria contracted abroadMeaslesMeningococcal InfectionOphthalmia NeonatorumPoliomyelitis ParalyticPoliomyelitis Non- ParalyticWhooping CoughInfective HepatitisFood PoisoningTuberculosisTotal
    Resp.Non-Resp.
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    TABLE 21 DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS.
    Diseaseunder 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515 2020-3535-4645-65Over 65Total
  • Page 35
    TABLE 22 NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1955, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
    DiseaseCases Notified.Cases Admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths
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    TABLE 23 TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1955
    AGE PERIODS.NEW CASES.DEATHS.
    Respiratory.Non-Respiratory.Respiratory.Non-Respiratory.